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SG/SM/8127
02/20/2002
Press Release
SG/SM/8127


SECRETARY-GENERAL EXTENDS DEEPEST CONDOLENCES FOLLOWING TRAIN FIRE IN EGYPT


     The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:


            The Secretary-General is deeply saddened to learn of the fire that broke out on a moving train today, 40 miles south of Cairo, Egypt, and consumed the lives of upwards of 350 people, many of them children.

SOC/CP/241
19/02/2002
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SOC/CP/241


FIGHT AGAINST HUMAN TRAFFICKING GAINS AWARENESS-RAISING TOOL


IN GLOBAL TELEVISION CAMPAIGN


VIENNA, 19 February (UN Information Service) -- A new video spot is being released today as a part of a global television campaign by the United Nations Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention (ODCCP) to increase education and awareness about trafficking in human beings.

SG/SM/8126
19/02/2002
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SG/SM/8126


SECRETARY-GENERAL, AT NEW YORK AWARDS DINNER, PRAISES HONOUREES FOR USING ART


TO MOBILIZE PEOPLE FOR ‘VITAL JOB OF MAKING OUR WORLD A BETTER PLACE’


Following are the remarks of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the second annual African Century Challenge Award Dinner, organized by Shared Interest, in New York on 18 February:

PAL/1905-UNEP/104
15/02/2002
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PAL/1905
UNEP/104


ENVIRONMENTAL STUDY OF OCCUPIED TERRITORIES TO BE UNDERTAKEN BY UNEP


CARTAGENA, Colombia, 15 February (UNEP) -- A decision to assess the environmental situation in the occupied Palestinian territories has been taken at a meeting of the Governing Council of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), meeting this week in special session in the Colombian city of Cartagena.

GA/SHC/3683
15/02/2002
Press Release
GA/SHC/3683


Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Third Committee

60th Meeting (PM)


THIRD COMMITTEE CONSIDERS DRAFT PROPOSALS ON ELIMINATION


OF RACISM, RACIAL DISCRIMINATION


The Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) met this afternoon to hear the introduction of draft proposals relating to the elimination of racism and racial discrimination.